Water Quality Legend

Current Status

Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

Historical Status

When swimming season is over or when a beach's water quality data has not been updated frequently enough (weekly) it goes into historical status. This means that rather than displaying current data it displays the beach's average water quality for that year.

Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

Special Status

We may manually set the status for a specific beach if we have concerns about the sampling protocol, if there is an emergency, if monitoring practices don't exist or have recently changed, or other reasons that render this site "special."

Green means the beach has historically excellent or pristine water quality, but there is no current data.

Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.

See the beach description for more information regarding their special status.

For many, the May long weekend in Canada is the unofficial beginning of summer. It also marks the start of most seasonal recreational water quality monitoring programs across the country. To celebrate, we wanted to show some love for our Canadian affiliates. Our Canadian affiliates represent a vibrant network of grassroots organizations and committed individuals ...

This article originally appeared on Surfrider Foundation’s website, on April 20, 2017. It is co-authored by Surfrider’s Mara Dias and Colleen Henn. The Surfrider Foundation is pleased to release its 2017 Clean Water Annual Report which tracks the progress of our Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) and Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) programs during the calendar ...

It’s April; birds are chirping, lakes are thawing, and the sun’s displaying its first traces of warmth in months. Another sign of summer: beach managers across Canada preparing for the upcoming swim season. Every year, prior to the Canadian swim season- which typically runs from the long weekend in May through Labour Day – it ...

As another swimming season comes to an end in New Zealand, we wanted to take some time to reflect on the successes and highlights of the past year. Having joined Swim Guide in 2014, Pulse Energy again sponsored and helped Swim Guide share water quality results for 716 beaches across all 16 of New Zealand’s ...

For many, the May long weekend in Canada is the unofficial beginning of summer. It also marks the start of most seasonal recreational water quality monitoring programs across the country. To celebrate, we wanted to show some love for our Canadian affiliates. Our Canadian affiliates represent a vibrant network of grassroots organizations and committed individuals ...

This article originally appeared on Surfrider Foundation’s website, on April 20, 2017. It is co-authored by Surfrider’s Mara Dias and Colleen Henn. The Surfrider Foundation is pleased to release its 2017 Clean Water Annual Report which tracks the progress of our Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) and Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) programs during the calendar ...

It’s April; birds are chirping, lakes are thawing, and the sun’s displaying its first traces of warmth in months. Another sign of summer: beach managers across Canada preparing for the upcoming swim season. Every year, prior to the Canadian swim season- which typically runs from the long weekend in May through Labour Day – it ...

As another swimming season comes to an end in New Zealand, we wanted to take some time to reflect on the successes and highlights of the past year. Having joined Swim Guide in 2014, Pulse Energy again sponsored and helped Swim Guide share water quality results for 716 beaches across all 16 of New Zealand’s ...

For many, the May long weekend in Canada is the unofficial beginning of summer. It also marks the start of most seasonal recreational water quality monitoring programs across the country. To celebrate, we wanted to show some love for our Canadian affiliates. Our Canadian affiliates represent a vibrant network of grassroots organizations and committed individuals ...

This article originally appeared on Surfrider Foundation’s website, on April 20, 2017. It is co-authored by Surfrider’s Mara Dias and Colleen Henn. The Surfrider Foundation is pleased to release its 2017 Clean Water Annual Report which tracks the progress of our Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) and Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG) programs during the calendar ...

It’s April; birds are chirping, lakes are thawing, and the sun’s displaying its first traces of warmth in months. Another sign of summer: beach managers across Canada preparing for the upcoming swim season. Every year, prior to the Canadian swim season- which typically runs from the long weekend in May through Labour Day – it ...

As another swimming season comes to an end in New Zealand, we wanted to take some time to reflect on the successes and highlights of the past year. Having joined Swim Guide in 2014, Pulse Energy again sponsored and helped Swim Guide share water quality results for 716 beaches across all 16 of New Zealand’s ...

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